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Last year I pureed a bunch then poured it on to leather sheets. When it was dry, I laid it on sheets of wax paper and rolled it up. The sheets were then put in a baggie and stuffed into a mason jar. I ate a bit of it like you would a fruit roll-up but it was used mainly to thicken the tomato...

For folks that don't feel like following the link, I thought I'd throw this little tidbit in. There's even a recipe for a way to use it. Bon Appetit The Aztec named this dark growth found on corn huitlacoche which translates (rather bluntly and literally) to "ravens excrement". Although the...

That's a pretty cool site. Thanks for the link. We've had 2421 GDD here so far. My tomatoes just started ripening about 10 days ago. Last year I was a canning fool by now. By this weekend, I should have enough to make my first batch.

Thanks. With your answers, I looked up corn fungus. It's called Huitlacoche. I found this at . I'm not sure it's something I'll have an interest in harvesting. Huitlacoche [wee-tlah-KOH-cheh] Mexican Corn Truffle Huitlacoche (also spelled cuitlacoche) is a fungus which grows...

I went out to check for some ripe corn last night and found this. It's a light gray growth that is black on the inside. It doesn't appear to be an insect as there is no movement when I break it open. Any ideas?

Ditto. More food. :D

I just noticed today that I have 6-7 that popped up from last year. I also have a few volunteer cantaloupe, and more tomatoes than I can count. I'm just pulling them out now because I can't seem to give anymore away. :/ Who needs some tomatoes?

Zone 5 according to the USDA

That's not the best thing to do to a tree wound. When you seal up a wound with tar, you are also locking in moisture. This will keep the wood soft and accelerate rotting. A tree does not "heal" a wound like our body heals our skin. It will decompartmentalize, which is basically growing new wood...

I planted the first 8 rows of corn yesterday. I'll be putting in 8 more next week and 8 more the following week. I have 12 plants in each row. We're hoping this will be enough to have plenty to eat fresh, can and freeze enough to see us through the winter, and save enough for seed to start next...

Ever since we got chickens we've just thrown our egg shells into the garden. In the spring and fall they are tilled in. From May through November they're just scattered around waiting for tilling season.

We had 24 of the 25 seeds come up. They are about 8" tall right now. Just planted 5 more yesterday and have 10 more to plant in the next few weeks.

I concur with Catalina. Neem Oil is great stuff ! I thought I was going to lose my taters last year due to the explosion of potato bugs. One application, and within about 10 days there was no sign of them the rest of the year. I will always keep some around now.

Today I put in the green peppers, zucchini, 3 tomatoes, and a dozen marigolds. Then the rain put an end to the day. :( I have my first strawberry turning red ! :drool

Pat, Honestly I had no idea where it might have been from, but since it is called Canadian thistle I just thought I'd have some fun with it. We get some of that same violent Ohio Valley weather here also, so I'll join you in the complaint department. :) Drake, I think the flower is beautiful...

To all of our Canadian friends here. :frow Thank you for the beautiful thistle. It is a very hardy plant with a lovely flower. However, I have decided that it doesn't quite fit in with my gardening goals for this year. Since I really hate to waste a good thriving plant, I would like to do the...

Last expected frost here is May 15 but I took a chance and planted the zucchini, green peppers, and 2 of the 10 tomato plants. I also dug out 6 of my neighbors black raspberry "runners" and planted them. Fresh raspberries next year! :drool

My brother has been in Co. for almost 20 yrs. and he didn't know about the rainwater collection law until I sent him the link to story I read back in March. He was beside himself because he collects water for his herb garden. He plans to continue and play dumb if he's ever confronted about it...

21 of the 25 are up now. :clap

NOTHING. We've had almost 5" of rain over the last 2 weeks. :barnie On the bright side, I now have 500 gallons of water in my rain barrels for the dry times. :ya